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The wolves descending from the Alps , and a view of winter within the polar circle
, verse 809 , which are all of them highlyfinished originals , excepting a few of
those blemishes intimated above . Winter is in my apprehension the most
valuable ...
The wolves descending from the Alps , and a view of winter within the polar circle
, verse 809 , which are all of them highlyfinished originals , excepting a few of
those blemishes intimated above . Winter is in my apprehension the most
valuable ...
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Some neither can for wits nor critics pass , As heavy mules are neither horse nor
ass ; Those half - learn ' d witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form ' d infects
on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish ' d things , one knows not what to call , Their ...
Some neither can for wits nor critics pass , As heavy mules are neither horse nor
ass ; Those half - learn ' d witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form ' d infects
on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish ' d things , one knows not what to call , Their ...
Page 120
The most univerfal of authors seems to be Voltaire ; who has written almost
equally well , both in prose and verse ; and whom either the tragedy of MEROPE ,
or the history of Louis XIV , would , alone , have immortalized . 7 . Those rules of
old ...
The most univerfal of authors seems to be Voltaire ; who has written almost
equally well , both in prose and verse ; and whom either the tragedy of MEROPE ,
or the history of Louis XIV , would , alone , have immortalized . 7 . Those rules of
old ...
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So that however he is generally reputed the parent of those swarms of infect wits ,
who affect to be thought easy writers , it is evident that he bestowed much time
and care on his poems , before he ventured them out of his hands of . " 26 .
So that however he is generally reputed the parent of those swarms of infect wits ,
who affect to be thought easy writers , it is evident that he bestowed much time
and care on his poems , before he ventured them out of his hands of . " 26 .
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He charms by the force and clearness of his expression , by the readiness and
variety of his inventions , and by his natural pictures of the paffions , especially
those of the Gay and Amorous kind . And however his faults may diminish our ...
He charms by the force and clearness of his expression , by the readiness and
variety of his inventions , and by his natural pictures of the paffions , especially
those of the Gay and Amorous kind . And however his faults may diminish our ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... Volume 1 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | R. and J. Dodsley, 1762 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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